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1991 Ford Escort LX 1.9L Timing beltVIN: 3FAPP11J0MHey Ford guys,
I have this Escort (my personal car) that was bought used 3
years ago with only 36k on it. Production date of 04/91.
This production date determines if the timing components
require a square tooth or round tooth timing belt. At
around 40k I rep...

1994 Ford Mustang GT 5.0L No Start, StallVIN: 1FALP42T3RThis car came in about 2 weeks ago with the complaint that
it would intermitantly not start. This would sometimes
happen after the car sat for awhile and also going down the
road it would die. When this happens the car will not
immediatly restart and usally ta... Trouble codes: 211 (profile ignition pickup failure- memory code only- could not reset code)

1996 Ford Thunderbird LX 3.8L directional signalsVIN: 1FALP62W8TCar came in with inoperative direction signals and 4 way
hazard flasher lights. Replaced flasher-no change. Replaced
combination switch (with a new one and a known good one).
Four way flashers work but flasher buzzes when try to use
directional signals. Can't ...

1996 Ford Taurus GL 3.0L no engagementVIN: 1FALP52U7TThis car came in with no movement problems went thru unit
no planetary damage rebuilt with new convertor.The bypass
control valve was stuck big time.I replaced it with a
sonnax valve and sleeve still no movement

1996 Ford Ranger Splash 2.3L WipersVIN: 1FTCR10A7TThe wipers on this Ranger run all the time (high speed
only) w/ key one. I have replaced the switch with known
good one, replaced GEM module and even tried plugging in a
differant wiper motor. Still does the same thing. If you
unplug the module and plug it bac...

2000 Ford Taurus LX 3.0L Idles highVIN: 1FAFP52U9YHello Everyone,
This is a fleet vehicle. The driver complained that
sometimes when he lets off the throttle that the vehicle
wants to go on its owne. Said it feels like cruise control.
Test drive in the parking lot confirmed that sometimes this
happens. Go...

2003 Ford Excursion Limited 7.3L No StartVIN: 1FMSU43F93Truck was towed in a couple weeks ago for a no start.
Hooked up scan tool and found no injection control pressure
(ICP) and replaced the IPR still no start. Checked the high
pressure oi pump resevoir and found empty. Filled the
resevoir and changed oil, becaus...

1993 Ford F-150 XL 5.8L MIL Lamp on, MIL OFF AND ONVIN: 1FTEX14HXPFound a break in the vaccum line between EGR controller and
EGR valve. This was causing a delayed reaction to EGR
valve. The MIL would come on because there was no position
change in EGR valve. Eventually the valve would open and
the light would go out. Trouble codes: 311 (therm air system inoperative bank 1).

1997 Ford F-350 XL 7.3L no symptomsVIN: 1FTHF36F3Vhi everyone ty for your help on this one but we still don't
have the answer (i don't think). the only thing we found
since posting this is we removed fuel filter again and fuel
heater below it and the inside of the filter/heater housing
is pretty pitted and a ...

1999 Ford F-350 Super Duty Lariat 7.3L MechanicalVIN: 1FTSW31F6XThank you to each and every one of you who took the time to
read and respond to my help request. Found a bad injector
on cyl 3. Thanks to Craig [...] for the tip on the injector
dumping oil. We wondered why when we ran the engine with
the valve cover off we ha...

2000 Ford Windstar LX 3.8L front wiper motor parkingVIN: FMZA5148YBthanks to all who replied to our help request. what was
wrong was the wire connector going from the wiper motor to
the connector. the green wire in the connector at the wiper
motor was corrodided from water inside the connector. now
we tested it and came out f...

2000 Ford Explorer Eddie Bauer 4.0L HeaterVIN: 1FMZU64E4YWile I was testing actuators and poking around at the blend
door motor I must have freed something up. I returned
vehicle to customer to use wile I was waiting for responses
and she reports it is fixed. Yea - I know it will be back
and when it is I will be che...

2000 Ford Focus LX 2.0L No StartVIN: 1FAFP36P34A Great Thank You goes out to
Manuel,Roy,Mark,Raymond,Darryl & Jon for responding to my
help request. I have not been able to get back on this one
yet. It's a used car lot car & are understanding about the
time it takes to trace a problem. I will update this p...

2001 Ford Crown Victoria 4.6L 3 ,4 shift VIN: 2FAFP71WX1I took the original transmission that i had taken out of
the car and sent it to be rebuilt.Put it back in the car
and the problem was solved in the original trans the
overdrive band was bad.the one that I installed as a
replacement for the original in the begi...

1992 Other Ford ALL MAKES 5.0L head gasketsthanks for all the replies. most think the fluid starts to
change to green then yellow. some think the carbon monoxide
changes it to green and then hc to yellow. still not sure
what to think. we never let the antifreeze into the tester
but 9 times out of ten i...